The 2025 Fall CERT training schedule is listed below and registration is open...

Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT)

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. This valuable course is designed to help you protect yourself, your family, your neighbors and your neighborhood in an emergency situation.

Why take the CERT Training?

Well, it's like paying for car insurance. You might never need either; you hope not to. But if the occasion arises, having the CERT training, just like having car insurance, means you are as ready as you can be to help yourself, your family and your neighborhood.

CERT Training Course - The course is 16 hours of instruction and "hands on" training and includes the following areas:

• Disaster Preparedness
• Fire Suppression
• Disaster Medical Operations
• Light Search and Rescue
• Disaster Psychology
• Animals in Disaster
• Terrorism Awareness

The Fall 2025 CERT training schedule:

10/09/2025 (Thu. 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm) Fogelsville Fire Company Social Hall

10/16/2025 (Thu. 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm) Fogelsville Fire Company Social Hall

10/23/2025 (Thu. 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm) Fogelsville Fire Company Social Hall

10/30/2025 (Thu. 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm) South Whitehall Twp Municipal Building

11/06/2025 (Thu. 6:30 pm - 10:30 pm) Fogelsville Fire Company Social Hall

11/13/2025 (Thu. 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm) Fogelsville Fire Company Social Hall

11/20/2025 (Thu. 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm) Fogelsville Fire Company Social Hall

LOCATIONS: Fogelsville Fire Company Social Hall 7850 Lime St, Fogelsville, PA 18051 and the South Whitehall Twp Municipal Building 4444 Walbert Ave, Allentown, PA 18104.

TIME: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm (*11/6/2025 6:30 pm - 10:30 pm) 

To sign up for the 2025 Fall CERT training session, register here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4FABAB2EAAF9CF8-57979710-fall#/

Kevin McGowan

Lehigh County Emergency Management Agency

Outreach Manager and CERT Coordinator

kevinmcgowan@lehighcounty.org